Glass baking dish



G. D. SAILER.

GLASS BAKING DISH.

APPLICATION FI'LED Nov. a, 1920.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

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GLAS S BAKING- DISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

Application fi1ed November 8; 1920. Serial No. 422,574.

of Jeannette, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Glass Baking Dishes; and I0 hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to glass bakingdishes.

Glass baking-dishes are coming largely into use owing to recentdevelopments in the manufacture of a glass of low expansion andrelatively high stability, such glass bakingdishes being set forth and.claimed in Letters Patent of the 'United States No. 1,304,622, grantedMay27, 1919 to E. C. Sullivan and W. C. Taylor.

The object of my such glass-baking-dishes in certain respects lookingtoward greater efiiciency in baking, thereby obtaining better results ina shorter time and with less heat.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a dish embodyingmy inven-' tion; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2, Fig. 1; and Figs.3 and 4: show modified forms of my invention.

In the drawing thenumeral 2 designates a baking-dish made of glass oflow expansion and relatively high st.bility. On the bottom face of thedish 2 are formed rows of broken or interrupted beading or raisedportions 3, 4i and 5, preferably, where the dish is circular arrangedconcentrically with reference to each other:

The innermost row of beading 5. is made up of comparatively small units,separated by the spaces 6.

The next row of beading 4 has longer units than the heading 5 and isarranged concentrically with reference to said bead- I 7 between saidbeading 4 ing 5, the spaces spaces 6 of the beadregistering with the in5.

At the outer edge of the bottom surface of the dish is the beading 3'which is made up of units still longer than the beading d,

and arranged concentrically with reference invention is to improve I tosaid beading 4, with spaces 9 separating the units of said beading andcoinciding with the spaces'6 and'7.

The dish, when 1n use, rests upon the rows of heading 3, 4: and 5, andsuch beading permits the free circulation of heat evenly to all parts ofthe bottom of the dish, and there is an opportunity for the admixture ofatmospheric air with the heated air,

creating a constant circulation. Further more, the spaces between theseveral rows of beading permits of the proper circulation, while at thesame time the direct contact of the beading with the heat of the ovenconducts the heat into the bakingdish, giving a greater bakingefficiency than oven at the outerrim of its bottom face. By having theunits of the different rows of the beading increasing in length from thecenter outwardly this effect is increased.

Again the beading tends to strengthen the bottom of the dish, and infact the whole structure so that it has greater wearing qualities whensubjected to the rough treatment which such dishes receive in handlingand washing.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a modified form of my inventionv in whichthe beading is employed on an oval dish, the same arrangement beingfollowed except that the rows of beading are not arranged accuratelyconcentrical with referenceto each other.

- In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a second modified form of my invention inwhich the beading 12 is not arranged in concentric rows but extendsradially.

What I claim is:

1. A glass baking-dish having a plurality of rows of beading on itsexterior bottom I rnunsrnvaura," nssrenon 'ro QKE J. eness COMPANY, orJ'EANNETTE, rnnNsYnvAnIa, a conrone'rxonon rnivivsxnvanra.

where the dish is only in contact with the hot I the units in theseveralrows varying rogressively in size and the spaces of the severalrows registering with each other.

2. A glass baking-dish having a plurality of rows of beading 011 itsexterior bottom face arranged in rings, spaces being left between theunits of each row, the said spaces of each row registering with eachranged one Within another.

4. A glass baking-dish having a plurality of'rows of projections on itsexterior bottom 7 face, the said rows being arranged in endless ringsand being composed of units of 10 different sizes.

In testimony whereof; I, the said .GEORGE D. SAILER, have hereunto setmy-hand' GEORGE D. SAILER.

Witnesses r r DONALD 'M. SMITIL' v D. 'B. PILKEY.

